Table 3 Nutritional supplementation practices according to the type of malnutrition and age groups. N = 1350
Children on nutritional support according to malnutrition degree*, n, %, | Age group in years | Total | P-value† | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
[2–5] | [5–10] | [10–19] | |||||||
(n = 161) | (n = 505) | (n = 684) | (n = 1350) | ||||||
No malnutrition | N = 79 | N = 322 | N = 382 | N = 783 | |||||
Nutritional support before the study only‡ | 9 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 33 | 4 | <0.001 |
Nutritional support during the study only | 2 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 2 | |
Nutritional support before and during the study | 42 | 53 | 137 | 43 | 123 | 32 | 302 | 39 | |
Total nutritional support | 53 | 67 | 161 | 50 | 139 | 36 | 353 | 45 | <0.001 |
Acute malnutrition | N = 10 | N = 44 | N = 69 | N = 123 | |||||
Nutritional support before the study only | 2 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 0,123 |
Nutritional support during the study only | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
Nutritional support before and during the study | 6 | 60 | 16 | 36 | 20 | 29 | 42 | 34 | |
Total nutritional support | 8 | 80 | 20 | 45 | 25 | 36 | 53 | 43 | 0.001 |
Chronic malnutrition | N = 59 | N = 122 | N = 163 | N = 344 | |||||
Nutritional support before the study only | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 5 | 0.667 |
Nutritional support during the study only | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
Nutritional support before and during the study | 33 | 56 | 64 | 52 | 81 | 50 | 178 | 52 | |
Total nutritional support | 37 | 63 | 71 | 58 | 88 | 54 | 196 | 57 | 0.005 |
Mixed malnutrition | N = 13 | N = 17 | N = 70 | N = 100 | |||||
Nutritional support before the study only | 1 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0.310 |
Nutritional support during the study only | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |
Nutritional support before and during the study | 4 | 31 | 10 | 59 | 27 | 39 | 41 | 41 | |
Total nutritional support | 7 | 54 | 11 | 65 | 34 | 49 | 52 | 52 | 0.025 |